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Plants & Animal Classification

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which correctly compares a fish and a bird?

a)

Birds are warm-blooded and fish are warm-blooded.

b)

Birds breathe through lungs and fish breathe through gills.

c)

Birds have live births and fish lay eggs

2.

Warm-blooded animals always

a)

change their body temperatures based on their surroundings

b)

live in water.

c)

keep the same body temperature regardless of surroundings.

3.

What example of animal is cold-blooded, lays eggs, and has scaly skin?

a)

whale

b)

alligator

c)

bird

d)

spider

4.

Which is NOT true of a horse, cat, and pig.

a)

They are warm-blooded.

b)

They breathe through lungs.

c)

They have scales.

d)

They have live babies.

5.

Plants are classified as

a)

Vertebrates/Invertebrates

b)

Vascular/Non-vascular

c)

uni-cellular/multi-cellular

6.

All living things belong to one of five major groups: Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, Plant, and Animal. These are known as

a)

Orders

b)

Phylums

c)

Kingdoms

7.

Vertebrates are

a)

animals that do not have backbones.

b)

animals with backbones

c)

only cold-blooded.

8.

Invertebrates

a)

are only cold-blooded

b)

do not have a backbone

c)

the largest group in the animal kingdom

d)

All of the above.

9.

Plants that do not have tubes, true roots, leaves or stems. These plants are close to the ground.

a)

Non-vascular plants

b)

Vascular plants

c)

Flowering plants

10.
Which of the following best describes plants called gymnosperms? 
a)
Non-vascular, seedless, flowering
b)
Non-vascular, seeds, non-flowering
c)
Vascular, seedless, flowering
d)
Vascular, seeds, non-flowering
11.

Which type of plant produces a flower?

a)

angiosperm

b)

gymnosperm

c)

both

12.

Scientists classify animals by their...

a)

Color

b)

Characteristics

c)

Size

d)

Sound

13.

What type of animal lives on both land and water but lays eggs in the water?

a)

amphibians

b)

reptiles

c)

birds

d)

fish

14.

What classification of animals are humans considered to be in?

a)

fish

b)

mammals

c)

reptiles

d)

amphibians

15.
What classification of animals are  vertebrae (have a backbone)?
a)
birds only
b)
reptiles only
c)
reptiles and birds but not mammals and fish
d)
mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds
16.

Plants eat other organisms to get their nutrients.

a)

True

b)

False